Welcome to AccelPro IP Law, where we provide expert interviews and coaching to accelerate your professional development. Today we’re featuring a conversation with James (Jim) Pooley of James Pooley, PLC.
Pooley is a veteran Silicon Valley trial lawyer with deep knowledge of trade secrets and patents who spent five years as manager of the international patent system (PCT) for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva.
In this episode, we discuss trade secret disputes, how the rise of work-from-home and hybrid work have changed how companies approach trade secrets, differing approaches to trade secrets in different jurisdictions, and more.
“Recent statistics show that, during an average career, an employee will move 11 times to different companies. So the dynamic of this environment is one of constantly figuring out what the threats are to the integrity of the information that you have and the people that you have to share it with,” Pooley explains.
“We are so far beyond the old cottage system of having just a few people who work on producing products. We now have very complicated products and services that require large numbers of people, and we have to trust them.”
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